There were speculations going around on the social media stating that Rajinikanth will very soon be starting a TV channel and it was registered under the names, 'Rajini TV', 'Superstar TV', and 'Thalaivar TV'.

In his recent interaction with the media, the Petta actor confirmed that they have indeed registered the names to start a new television channel. He said, "I came to know that few others were planning to start a channel with that name, so we wanted to register and block the names. We have just registered the name options. We will be starting the channel soon."

Rajinikanth-led Rajini Makkal Mandram party's convenor VM Sudhakaran has initiated the process of registering the trademarks for the same. Mr Sudhakaran has requested registering of trademarks in the name of 'Superstar TV', 'Rajini TV' and 'Thalaivar TV', all attributing to Rajinikanth. Mr Sudhakaran had submitted an application for the trademark to the commerce ministry on November 9.